Sweeping-machine



G.-E. WASON. SWEEPING MACHINEL I APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, I919. 1,356,18(),- Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

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e. E. WASON SWEEPING MACHINEc APPLICATION FILED IULY 22, I919.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

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G. E. WASON. SWE EPING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, [919,

1,356,180. Patented Oct. 19,1920.

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62E Facial y UNITED STATES PATENT "OFF CE.

GEORGI E. WASON, or SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OFONE- HALF T0 rs HAWRYLUK, jorsAUL'r STE. LMAYRIE, ONTARIO, CANADA,

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonoi E. WASON, a citizen of Ukraine, residing at Sault Stei Marie, in the Provinceof Ontario and Do minion of Canada, have invented certain 'ing receptacle periodically thereby preventing any clogging and consequent scattering of the sweepings outside of the machme.

With these general ob ects in view my 1nvention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings and in which like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention with the cover member removed,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the same,

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken upon line IVIV of Fig. 1 with the cover in position,

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the lower portion of the invention,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a plate member employed showing a portion of the operating means, and

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of a side portion of the invention with the cover in position as shown in Fig. 4.

My inventionbroadly consists in a barrelshaped receptacle 10 trunnioned at diametrically opposite points between ground wheels 11, rearwardly projecting handles 12 being provided after the manner of a push cart, a gear 13 carried by the axle 14: of one of the wheels 11 meshes with the gear 15 upon a brace rod 16 transversely journaled SWEEPiNG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters'l atent. Patentd 0013.19, 1920,

. Application filed July 22, 1919. Serial No. 312,483.

between the handles 12 while a similar gear 17 upon a shaft 18 journaled between said handles 12 rearwardly of the rod16 is in constant mesh with said gear 15.

A sweeping brush 19 has an axle 201j0urnaled in depending brackets 21 carried by the handles 12while a gear'22 upon the axle 20 is in constant mesh with the gear 17. By grasping the curvedrear ends 23 of the handles 12 the machine may be readily pushed forwardly or rearwardly with the brush l9 revolved by means of its gear con- I nections with the aforesaid wheel 11 and the sweeping operation accomplished in this manner. 1

A removable lid 24 for the top of the receptacle 10'is adapted to fit thereover for normally closing the receptacle, a form of gear case or housing 25 being carried by said lid 2l for covering the outer sides of the gears, 13,15, 17 and 22, a flange portion 26 of the housing being'adaptedto rest upon the adjacent handle 12 as best illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

An entrance opening 27 in the rear side of the receptacle. 10 adjacent the bottom 28 thereof is adapted for receiving sweepings therethrough from. the brush 19 during the forward travel of thedevice. A pan 29 is hinged as at 30 to the bottom 28 of the receptacle 10 with its rear edge 31 in constant sliding contact with the road-bed 32 or other surface to be cleaned by the sweeping operation. It will be evident that the pan 29 will be automatically maintained in contact di rect with the ground 32 during slight swinging movements of the receptacle 10 so as to insure the sweepings to enter the openings 27 at all. times during the forward movement of the device.

A clearing plate 33 of arcuate form normally rests flatly upon the bottom 28 within the receptacle 10 with its curved rear edge 34 adjacent the entrance 27, a rod 35 being secured to the inner edge of said plate and trunnioned through opposite points in the receptacle 10. A T-sh'aped lever 36 upon one end of the rod 35 has itsrearwardly' projecting arm 37 pivoted to one end of a. link 38 while the other end of said link is and forwardly for throwing the sweepings fartherinto the receptacle 10 as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. A spring 44 conects the forward portion or arm ofthe T- lever 36 with an adjacent pointupon the receptacle 10 for automatically returningthe plate 33 assisted by its own weight rearwardly to its normal position flatly resting upon the receptacle bottom 28. 'Thecomv pleteoperation of the invention has been substantially described it being seen that the entrance opening 27 is kept free forthe ,passage of sweepings therethrouglrby the manual actuation of the lever 43.

. What I claimv as new is:-

1. A sweeper comprising a wheeled receptacle having an entrance opening-for sweept ings,push handles attached to the receptacle, a rotary brush adaptedfor operation during 1 the forward movement of the device, a

clearing plate pivotedwithin the receptacle adjacent the entrance opening, means oper- 1 able adjacent the rear end ofrone of said handles operatively connected to said plate wvhereby the latter is movedupwardly, and

forwardly for carrying the, sweepings inwardly of the receptacle and returnmeans for said plate exteriorly of the receptacle.

2. In combination with a receptacle,

wheels trunnioned at opposite vsides thereof,

pushhandles attached adjacent opposite sides of the receptacle extending rearwardly thereof, a brush journaled beneath said handles transversely of the device, the said receptacle having an entrance opening for sweepings at the rear side ad acent the bottom of the receptacle forwardly of the 7 brush, a substantially semicircular clearing plate journaled within the receptacle normally positioned flatly uponthe bottom of the receptacle adjacent said opening adapted to receive sweepings thereon a lever upon one of said handles, and operative connections exteriorly of the receptacle between said;-plate and lever whereby upon the manual operation of the latter, the plate is adapted for inward swinging movement depositing the sweepings thereon forwardly within the receptacle.

3. A sweeper comprising a wheeled receptacle havlng an entrance openlng for sweepings, push handles attached to the receptacle, arotary brush adapted for operation during the forward movement of the device, a normally horizontal plate pivotally mounted within the receptacle adjacent the entrance opening, and -means for moving said plate arranged exteriorly of sald receptacle.

4. A sweeper comprlsing a wheeled receptacle having an entrance opening for sweep- ,lllgS, spushvhandles attached to the receptacle, a rotary brush adapted for operation during the forward movement of the device, a pivotally mounted plate normallyflatly I lying upon the bottom of the receptacle with the swinging end thereofladjacent the outer edge of the opening, andmeans for moving -the plate upon its plvotal connection to deposit rearwardly thereof material swept thereon.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

,GEORGI E. WASON. 

